Title

The Paper Airplane Experiment

Problem Scenario

If I made 3 totally different paper airplanes, how would their flight distances differ?

Broad Question

If I made 3 totally different paper airplanes how would their flight distances differ?

Specific Question

If I mad an arrow paper airplane, a dart, airplane, and a moth airplane how will their differences differ?

Hypothesis

The arrow would fly the farthest seeing as it looks more areodynamic.

Graph of Hypothesis

Variables

Independent Variable: The airplane.

Dependent Variable:The distance.

Variables That Need To Be Controlled: The amount of force of the throw. Wind.

Vocabulary List That Needs Explanation

Paper airplane: A small airplane made out of paper.

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General Plan

I will be launching airplanes 3 times indoors.

Potential Problems And Solutions

Possibly the poking someones eyeball out with the paper airplane.

Safety Or Environmental Concerns

None.

Experimental Design

Controlled, manipulated experiment

What is your experimental unit?

One flight.

Number Of Trials:

3

Number Of Subjects In Each trial:

3

Number of Observations:

9

When data will be collected

3/28/2013

Where will data be collected?:

My house.

Resources and Budget Table

Item	Number needed	Where I will get this	Cost
Paper	3 pages	My house	Nothing
Scissors	1 set	My house	Nothing
Measuring Tape	1 set	My house	Nothing

Detailed Procedure

Step 1: I will be launching an airplane 3 times, recording the distance flown each time.
Step 2: I will repeat step 1 with a different airplane.
Step 3: I will repeat step 1 with the last airplane.
Step 4: I will make sure I have successfully collected all the data.

Diagram

Photo List

Time Line

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Data Table

	Flight 1	Flight 2	Flight 3
Arrow	291 cm	416 cm	668 cm
Dart	300 cm	223 cm	236 cm
Moth	210 cm	296 cm	279 cm

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Data Analysis

All Raw Data

Graphs

Photos

Results

Conclusion

I concluded that my hypothesis was correct and the arrow flew the farthest.

Discussion

Benefit to Community and/or Science

Background Research

References

Abstract